Trousers-supporter.



A. C. KILLIUS.

TROUSERS SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED D120. 30, 1907.

926,259. Patented June'29,19 09.

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UNITE STATES PATENT sacs.

ALBERT C. KILLIUS, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WASHINGTON MCCORMICK, OF HILLYARD, WASHINGTON.

TROUSERS-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1909.

Application filed December 30, 1907. Serial No. 408,672.

T 0 all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT O. Kinnies, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of I/Vashington, have invented a new and useful Trousers-Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for supporting trousers; and has for its object to provide a simple and certain means for retaining the trousers on the person in proper position without the use of suspenders or a tight encircling belt, the former of which gives an undress appearance to a man, while the latter to properly hold up the trousers must be drawn so tightly around the body as to be uncomfortable and more or less injurious because of its compression.

In the supporter of the present invention, the trousers are upheld by a pair of resilient-ly connected plates, pads or equivalent means of proper shape fitted to the hips above the pelvic bones, the joining means being a spring rod or band which passes behind the body and, by its elasticity, holds the plates, pressed against the trousers, securely in the depressions in the body above the innominate bones. The spring band or rod does not touch the body, but is upheld by flexible loops thereon attached to buttons on the rear of the trousers, or by other convenient means. The resiliently connected plates may be used alone but the supporter is preferably worn in combination with a belt to which the spring band connecting the plates is attached, and which is adapted to pass around the body and be loosely fastened in front. The main object of the belt is to improve the appearance of the person wearing the supporter by rendering the spring band and'more or less of the plates invisible by covering them with the belt.

In the accompanying drawing; Figure 1 is a side View of the supporter combined with the belt as it appears when placed around the waist. Fig. 2 is a rear view showing the supporter without the belt disengaged and about to be applied about the waist. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the supporter complete. Fig. t is a similar view showing a slightly modified construction. Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view on the line AA of Fig. 3. Fig. (3 is a view of a modified detail. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of another modification. Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line of Fig. 6 looking in the direction indicated by the arrow.

Similar reference numerals are used for the same parts in all the figures.

The numeral 1 indicates a curved spring band, made preferably of steel, and having a round, square, flat or other cross sectional shape as circumstances or taste may dictate. One form of this band is shown in Fig. 3 and another in Fig. 4. The ends 2 of the band 1 may be flattened as shown in Fig. a, or provided with tips 3 as represented in Fig. (3. The ends of the spring band 1 are each fixed or adj ustably attached to the outer side of a curved plate -l shaped to conform to the side of the body immediately above the brim of the pelvis. The curved plates l may be solid, or provided with perforations and made of any suitable material, preferably leather or vulcanized rubber. plate, a pad or cushion 5 may be employed as is shown in Fig. 7.

Fastened to the spring bar 1 between the hip plates -l and on the outside thereof is a belt (3 such as is usually worn by men as a substitute for suspenders, with an ordinary buckle on one end for fastening the belt in front. A strip of leather '7 is placed inside the band I, reaching from one plate to the other, and stitched at its edges to the belt, thus inclosing the band in a sheath and effectually hiding it from view when the supporter is on the body, the belt covers also a part of each hip plate 4t.

To use the trousers supporter, the trousers are first fastened and then pulled up to the proper height, after which the supporter is passed behind the body and with the plates grasped by the hands, the band 1 is expanded sufiiciently to permit the plates being seated against the sides of the body above the innominate bones. The ends of the beltare then brought around to the front of the body and buckled, sutiicienttension only being employed to keep the front of the belt in place. The tension of the spring band I. and the shape of the plates '-l are such that the plates cannot be drawn over the edge of the pelvis by the weight of the trousers, nor by movements of the body, they, therefore, hold the trousers in proper position and with a perfect hang. The sprii'ig band is so shaped that the belt does not come in contact with the wearers back and as the belt is loosely fastened, there is In place of a the trousers, or if desired other means may be used in place of the flexible loops. Similar loops 8 are also used when the belt is worn, the same being attached to buttons properly arranged on the trousers.

One means of ad ust1ng the plates at in line with the spring band is represented in Fig. 1 and consists of a series of threaded per-' forations 9 in the plates, horizontally disposed, for screws 10 passing through holes.

in the flattened ends of the band. Another form of adjustment is disclosed in Fig. 6. Pfere a ball 11 is fastened to the plate t and the tip 3 on the end of the spring band longitudinally slotted and provided with a spherical ball seat. A screw 12 connects the slotted ends of the tip and by turning this screw the friction between the ball and the tip may be adjusted to suit.

The forward ends of the plates at have openings 13 in which a short strap or belt may be temporarily attached when-the longer belt 6 is not used, and brought around the front of the body. This belt is not necessary to retain the supporter in place but it may be desired by some for use or appearance. As a rule, the trousers supporter with the belt 6 attached will be worn during the season of the year when the vest is discarded and only a coat is worn and even this gar ment omitted at times. The supporter without the belt may be worn in cold weather the coat and vest serving to hide the spring band and the hip plates.

When the trousers are to be removed it is only necessary to unbutton and push them down as usual, the spring band 1 will yield under the pressure and the supporter will hang from the loops 8.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A trousers supporter comprising a curved spring band having spaced ends, and a pressure plate attached to each end of said spring band adapted to bear against the trousers at each side of the body above the innominate bones and conforming to the shape of the said bones.

2. A trousers supporter comprising a curved spring band having spaced ends, and a pressure plate adjustably attached to each end of'said spring band.

3. A trousers supporter comprising a curved spring band having flattened ends, a pressure plate adjustably attached to each of said flattened ends, and upholding means on the band between the plates.

l. A trousers supporter comprising a curved spring band provided with spaced ends, a tip on each end of said band, a pressure plate adjustably attached to each tip and having an openin in its forward end, and loops fastened to said spring band.

5. A trousers supporter comprising a curved spring band, a pressure plate attached to each end of said spring band arranged to bear against the trousers at each side of the body above the pelvic bones and conforming tothe shape of the body at the point of contact, and a waist belt attached to said band between the plates and adapted to fasten in front of the body.

6. A trousers supporter comprising a curved spring band, a pressure plate adjustably attached to each end of said band, a belt on the outside of the trousers supporter and a strip of suitable flexible mate rial on the inside thereof extending between said plates in front of the band and fastened to the belt at its edges.

7. A trousers supporter comprising a curved spring band, a pressure plate adjustably attached to each end of said band and a waist belt having fastened thereto on its inner side at the edges a strip of suitable flexible material to form a sheath for the spring band between the pressure plates.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiiXed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALBERT C. KILLIU IVitnesses WASHINGTON lVloConMrcK, M. N. STRATTON. 

